Shaman healers who practice traditional medicine and worship the ancestors are influential figures in South African communities. Traditional...

The shaman in the accompanying image does not exist in real life. He was brought to life by architect and travel photographer Dimitar Karani...

A haunting image of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside, with a rainbow in the background, commemorating children who died at a res...

Nicholas Galanin is a multi-disciplinary artist and musician of mixed Tlingit/Aleut and non-Native ancestry. His work often explores a dialo...

Martin Gray is a National Geographic photographer and anthropologist specializing in the study of pilgrimage traditions and sacred sites aro...

On the summer solstice last week, Mongolia's Shamans gathered to practice traditions and rituals that are thousands of years old. In ...

Photo by Desiree Kane Desiree Kane arrived at Standing Rock in the very last days of May, alongside some comrades, at the request of Wi...

Baruch Osorno, from Mexico The Festival du Chamanisme, or Shamanism Festival, is an annual event in Genac, France that brings together ...

Photo by Marja-Terttu Karlsson Marja-Terttu Karlsson, who resides in Pajala, Swedish Lapland, did not realize how lucky she had been ...

Photo by Anastasia Ivanova In the remote Siberian wilderness of Tuva, female shamanism is alive and well -- and visiting the local he...

Dukha Shaman Some of the world's greatest secrets and mysteries can be found beyond the boundaries of human civilization. With ...

In the post-communist era shamanism is undergoing a dramatic revival in Mongolia. Harshly suppressed during Mongolia's long Soviet ru...

While traditional shamanism continues to decline around the world, it is currently undergoing a revival in Mongolia. In a bewildering urb...

Spirit is calling me. Mother Earth is birthing a new beginning. She is dissolving the existing order and fashioning a new arrangement fr...

Smoke and Mirrors: A Journey to Healing Knowledge by Vance Gellert, PhD "While the term smoke and mirrors is often pejorativ...